This research is relevant to important medical problems such as diabetes, myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, hypertension, atherosclerosis, peripheral vascular disease, blood disease, lung diseases, resuscitation, cancer, orthopedic disorders, and sports injuries. The aim of bioengineering research and education is to bring engineering thinking and methods to bear on these problems, with the ultimate goal of providing approaches for effective prevention, early diagnosis, and successful intervention. The scope of the program has extended to include new thrusts and faculty appointments in molecular biomechanics and bioinformatics with pending expansion in systems engineering approaches to functional genomics.